The force can help defeat the Galactic Empire -- or with thrift shopping. Canadian artist David Vancook found a creative way to upgrade bland landscapes and boring scenes found in forgotten resale shop art by modifying them with bits of Star Wars. Th...

Given the supremacy of the digital world, it seems counterintuitive that an endeavor like THE THING Quarterly, an "object-based publication" that sends items designed by contributors including artists David Shrigley and Tauba Auerbach to subscribers,...

From a distance, Yukino Ohmura’s recreations of classic Tokyo cityscapes look just like the real thing. But upon closer examination, you’ll find thousands of multi-colored sticker dots intricately placed and arranged on black acrylic paint to make up...

Forget about checking under the bed, or calling the Ghostbusters -- these goofy monsters are the type you want to befriend. New York illustrator and product designer Sadi Tekin adds a little paranormal activity to ordinary pictures of the city by dra...

"How would you like to be remembered?" "Oh I don’t know. Haven’t thought about that. Dead and gone," replied Freddie Mercury. Whether he intended it or not, iconic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is impossible to forget. In celebration of LGBT Pride M...

During a long road trip, there's nothing more entertaining than coming across a (tastefully) vandalized street sign. We're not technically condoning acts of vandalism -- simply appreciating the artistic license. We've all seen crude street signs, suc...

In 1838, photography was a crazy new fad, and images of rare paintings were soon widely distributed for people all over the world to see. Sound familiar? Today, images have similarly spread across the Internet. This concept of democratizing art, once...

Instead of strolling the galleries of New York, London and Paris, you can now discover hot new artists on blogging site Tumblr. Online art dealer Artspace has launched a four-week art contest on Tumblr, in which artists will not only have to post eye...

KCRW, an NPR affiliate station and Los Angeles indie music mainstay, introduced on Tuesday a new digital music submission system that will help independent artists make their way onto public radio. The new-and-improved MALCOLM, as the station affecti...

Step into the Park Avenue Armory and you might think you're on Mars (or at least looking at the real NASA gear meant to go to the Red Planet). But in reality, it's all duct tape, plywood and plastic in places where you'd expect titanium and Teflon. S...

Yi Hong -- the Malaysian artist who can paint using nothing but a coffee cup -- proved she's as pun-loving as she is creative by sculpting Mark Zuckerberg's face out of books. (Get it?) Hong, who lives in China, spent time in the U.S. in May and want...

Google's logo on Friday is an unreadable agglomeration of cubist images designed to salute Spanish painter Juan Gris. Born on March 23, 1887, Gris, a contemporary and friend of Pablo Picasso's, studied mechanical drawing at the Escuela de Artest y Ma...

Tablets are great for browsing the Internet, playing games, and answering emails, but thanks to their size and screen sensitivity, they can also help you produce some great art. Whether you have a 5-year-old who loves finger painting and needs a mess...

A group of artists including Hollywood actors, Saturday Night Live comedians, comic-book authors, musicians and others signed an open letter opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect Intellectual Proper...

Finger painting on the iPhone and iPod has become something of a phenomenon, thanks to apps like Brushes and SketchBook Pro , and the work of high-profile artists like David Kassan, the New Yorker's Jorge Colombo and David Hockney. In fact, Paris's P...

Apple has published an artists' guide to Ping, its iTunes-linked, music-based social network. Ping has been something of a challenge for independent bands since the service launched along with iTunes 10 six weeks ago, when only a handful of internati...

Once a foreign concept, digital art can now be seen in galleries, shops, and even the cover of the New Yorker. While artists have had access to computer-based tools for years, we've also collected some resources for portable platforms including the i...

For years, we've heard the music industry talk about declining sales and profits -- often unconvincingly tying these numbers to piracy) -- but what about the artists? How much do they earn when their music is distributed online, compared to selling C...

This series is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts. You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot. Whether you're an artist...

Google has called prominent illustrators to create new skins for Google Chrome, but there's a catch: they're not offering them any money. Similar to how artists created artwork for iGoogle, Google is not planning to compensate them for the work they'...

Concert tracking and ticket listing site Songkick provides a great service for finding concerts near you. Today they're taking concert tracking to the next level by turning user experiences at events into a social concert database. Now instead of jus...

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Na...

Natasha Wescoat is a licensed artist and social media creative at NatashasArtCandy.com utilizing the web to promote her art and connect with her audience. You can follow her on Twitter. As an artist or creative business, one of your main goals is to ...

The Social Music series is supported by BLive Share, a platform for online music sharing and host of the Groove Armada mini album. Up until this point in our Social Music series we've focused on the fans, providing you with the top recommendation ser...

Take an indie artist on the rise, a filmmaker with extremely limited resources, and give them both one day and $99 dollars to create a music video. What's the final product? A $99 music video. If you think that scenario leaves room for drama, action,...

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Na...

iLike and TuneCore may be a bit late to the monetizing music party, following sites like Grooveshark, but they have now arrived in full force. Today TuneCore and iLike announce that indie artists will be able to earn money from people listening to an...

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